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Insecurity May Worsen Education Crisis, Akwa Ibom Teachers Warn During Protest

adminJune 2, 2026

Idara Jerome, Uyo The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Akwa Ibom State chapter, has warned that worsening insecurity across the country could deepen the crisis in the education sector as teachers may become increasingly reluctant to work in vulnerable communities. The union gave the warning on Tuesday during a protest in Uyo against the abduction...

Judges Urged to Tighten Bail Conditions on GBV Cases as Akwa Ibom Flags Off Awareness Month 2026

adminJune 2, 2026

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Akwa Ibom State, Uko Udom (SAN), has called on judges and magistrates to exercise greater discretion in granting bail to suspects involved in severe gender-based violence (GBV) cases, warning that survivors are often exposed to renewed intimidation and attacks when alleged abusers return home. Udom made the...

Health Commissioner’s Alert Saves Two Women From Mob Attack In Uyo, Police Arrest Suspect

adminMay 19, 2026

Two women narrowly escaped death in Uyo on Tuesday after swift intervention by security operatives following an alert raised by the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ekem Emmanuel John. The women were reportedly attacked by an angry mob along Ring Road 3 and subjected to public assault over allegations yet to be verified...

Akpabio, Sampson, Other Returnees Emerge as APC Concludes Akwa Ibom Primaries

adminMay 19, 2026

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded its primaries in Akwa Ibom State with the emergence of a list of returning political figures, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Aniekan Bassey and Senator Ekong Sampson. Our correspondent reports that the exercise was largely characterised by consensus arrangements and peaceful voting , what the party described as...

EFCC Apologises As Health Unions Suspend Strike After AKSG Peace Meeting With UUTH

adminMay 18, 2026

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apologised over the controversial altercation involving its operatives and staff of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), a development that has led to the suspension of the industrial action earlier declared by health sector unions in Akwa Ibom State. The apology was tendered during a joint...

Abandoned at Seven Months, Maltreated by Stepmother, Nigerian Lawyer Takes Fight for Women’s Justice to United Nations

adminMay 18, 2026

For Awele Ideal, standing among global leaders and advocates at the United Nations Headquarters in New York was not just another professional achievement. It was the triumph of a woman who says she was abandoned as a baby, suffered abuse while growing up, and turned her pain into a lifelong mission to defend vulnerable women...

UUTH CMD Fights Tears as EFCC Shootout Exposes Patients to Avoidable Deaths …Seeks FG, State Intervention as Hospital Services Collapse Amid Crisis

adminMay 13, 2026

The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Prof. Ememabasi Bassey, struggled to hold back tears on Wednesday as he narrated how Tuesday’s violent confrontation between operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and hospital staff exposed critically ill patients to avoidable deaths and paralysed services at the...

Doctors Shut Down Health Services in Akwa Ibom as EFCC–UUTH Confrontation Sparks Nationwide Concern

adminMay 12, 2026

Healthcare delivery across Akwa Ibom State was brought to a standstill on Tuesday following an indefinite strike declared by the Nigerian Medical Association in response to a confrontation involving operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. The development has created a tense atmosphere within the health sector,...

2027: Akpabio Backs Umo Eno, Seeks Massive Support for Tinubu in A’Ibom

adminMay 12, 2026

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Monday night threw his weight behind the second term bid of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, while rallying political stakeholders in the state to deliver overwhelming support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Akpabio gave the assurance in Uyo when Governor...

Gun, Drugs Recovered as Police Raid Criminal Hideout in Abak

adminMay 8, 2026

A May 7 police operation has disrupted suspected criminal activities in Abak, with officers recovering a firearm, suspected hard drugs and other items from a forest hideout. The operation, carried out by operatives of the newly established Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), followed credible intelligence pointing to the area along Ikot Abasi Road as a...

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Insecurity May Worsen Education Crisis, Akwa Ibom Teachers Warn During Protest

Judges Urged to Tighten Bail Conditions on GBV Cases as Akwa Ibom Flags Off Awareness Month 2026

Health Commissioner’s Alert Saves Two Women From Mob Attack In Uyo, Police Arrest Suspect

Akpabio, Sampson, Other Returnees Emerge as APC Concludes Akwa Ibom Primaries

EFCC Apologises As Health Unions Suspend Strike After AKSG Peace Meeting With UUTH

Abandoned at Seven Months, Maltreated by Stepmother, Nigerian Lawyer Takes Fight for Women’s Justice to United Nations

UUTH CMD Fights Tears as EFCC Shootout Exposes Patients to Avoidable Deaths …Seeks FG, State Intervention as Hospital Services Collapse Amid Crisis

Doctors Shut Down Health Services in Akwa Ibom as EFCC–UUTH Confrontation Sparks Nationwide Concern

2027: Akpabio Backs Umo Eno, Seeks Massive Support for Tinubu in A’Ibom

Gun, Drugs Recovered as Police Raid Criminal Hideout in Abak

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